Identification of testosterone-/androgen receptor-regulated genes in mouse Sertoli cells

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 294-300

  Zhang, Qiao Xia ^a,b   Zhang, Xiao Yan ^a   Zhang, Zhen Ming ^a   Lu, Wei ^a   Liu, Ling ^a   Li, Gang ^b   Cai, Zhi Ming ^a   Gui, Yao Ting ^a   Chang, Chawnshang ^c,d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY SHENZHEN HOSPITAL   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

androgen receptor; conditional knockout mice; Sertoli cells; testis; TM4 cells

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84863230273     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2011.94     Document Type: Article

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